unearths some literary gems.
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They moved with their torsos slightly inclined, not bent, just forward, as if trying to get somewhere ahead of themselves.
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[Who Needs Context? dept.]
Melrose was saved from reciting "The Owl and the Pussycat" by the return of Dora.
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Melrose found himself talking to a dead phone. He shook it, as if Jury might fall out.
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"Nearly twenty years and Kate Muldar hadn't changed, not by..." He looked around as if searching for some measuring device to explain to Jury how much she had not changed by.
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[Bonus: In the spirit of Perry Mason's phone receiver slam-ups...]
"Jury smashed down the receiver."
AND!
"He mashed the receiver into the cradle."
